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Panning in Tower View

falcon409

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This is always worth posting from time to time, at least for those who have never seen it. I got it many years ago from a post that David "Opa" Marshall made in the flightsim dot com Forums about 11 years ago:

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Panning in Tower View

A friend of mine just sent me this cool "trick" for FSX so thought I would pass it along.
Normally you cannot pan when in Tower View in FSX.
Using this procedure, you can.

On your Assignments page, set up a key combo for the "View track/pan Toggle" entry. I used CTRL I as it was available. (this could be done with the registered version of FSUIPC also)

Go to Fly now and then get into Tower View - then invoke the key combo you set. You should now be able to pan 360 degrees while in Tower View using your hat switch.
Hitting the key combo again will return you to the normal Tower View.
Hope it works as well for you as it does for me.
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David "Opa" Marshall

Thank you "Opa", RIP
 
I have looked to see if there's a way to speed up the Panning with this view but so far I haven't found a way. Aside from that, a pretty cool trick.
 
falcon409 said:
.... but so far I haven't found a way. Aside from that, a pretty cool trick.
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Ed,

I tried an old .cfg trick from FS9 ( [Controls] | PAN_RATE= ), didn't work but did find something that did, although it can be rather clunky until you get the point of view in place.

In FSX controls I have the space bar as a toggle for "Mouse - View Direction (on)" also in FSUIPC |Misc I have Mousewheel --> Mouse look checked. Once I turn ON "View track/pan Toggle" I can use the spacebar or mousewheel for panning / zooming etc.. It can move rather fast too :). Also, It seems other view commands are now tied to "View track/pan Toggle" when on, such as "view reset" etc..

Thanks for finding one of David's ( RIP Sir ) old handy dandy tricks! :applause: As a screenshot junkie in MP this will become an invaluable tool for capturing the gang.
 
spokes2112 said:
Ed,

I tried an old .cfg trick from FS9 ( [Controls] | PAN_RATE= ), didn't work but did find something that did, although it can be rather clunky until you get the point of view in place.

In FSX controls I have the space bar as a toggle for "Mouse - View Direction (on)" also in FSUIPC |Misc I have Mousewheel --> Mouse look checked. Once I turn ON "View track/pan Toggle" I can use the spacebar or mousewheel for panning / zooming etc.. It can move rather fast too :). Also, It seems other view commands are now tied to "View track/pan Toggle" when on, such as "view reset" etc..

Thanks for finding one of David's ( RIP Sir ) old handy dandy tricks! :applause: As a screenshot junkie in MP this will become an invaluable tool for capturing the gang.
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Yes!! Set the Mousewheel in FSUIPC and it works great! Thanks Roman!!
 
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